Damon West

And on the other end of my phone is a guy named John Gordon.

Now, Mick, John Gordon is one of the biggest motivational speakers and authors in America.

This is the energy bus guy.

And I'm like, John, brother, I know who you are.

How do you know who I am?

He said, Dabo Sweeney.

He said, Damon, I was just talking to Clemson's team.

Dabo brought me to the office for 30 minutes to tell me your whole story.

Now, Mick, I want to wedge in right here this story, something I just found out from Dabo this past year.

Dabo asked me last year when we were together.

He said, man, he said, Damon, did you ever hear the story about why John and I started talking that day, talking about you that day in 2018 in my office?

I said, man, I never heard the story about how my name came up.

When I spoke to Dabo's team for the first time in 2017, Mick, I brought Dabo a little wooden coffee bean keychain.

I didn't have much money, but I wanted to give Dabo something as a show of gratitude for him taking a chance on me and bringing me in.

This is before he was going to blow me up.

And I give him this little wooden coffee bean keychain.

He asked what it's for.

I said, when you hear me talk tonight, you'll hear what the coffee bean's about.

Well, Dabo loved the coffee bean message.

And like, you know, you said you talked to your family member, C.J.